The Red Hot Chili Peppers is the iconic band’s audacious look back at their thirty-year odyssey—in their own words and accompanied by more than three hundred spectacular photos and ephemera. Intimate, breathtaking, and outrageous, this is the essence of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have emerged from Hollywood's underground club scene to become one of the biggest rock bands of all time. This is their story, as told by Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, Flea, and Chad Smith.